Life Theme / Concept : Familiarity Vs. Contrast

​- Take the same route to school/work/home everyday -Eat at similar things/ similar times of day- Go to the same restaurants/bars-Have similar routines (think getting ready in morning...)

We are naturally partial to Consistency

Consistency : When things are consistent, you aren't forced to constantly re-learn and re-figure things out!

Example: Imagine you had to take a different route to work/school/home everyday ..... You are never allowed to take the same route twice---> This would be exhausting!--> Everyday we would have to re-learn figure out a new way!-> it is common sense and human nature to find one way that works and that we like, and stick with it!

In Life, we like what we know, and what is familiar

Humans like Familiarity / Consistency = Life Theme

BUT

At some point, we all get bored(also human nature!!) with too much of the same thing/repetition

At this point we NEED some kind of CHANGE or CONTRAST(remember this comes at a different point depending on the person)

Just as this is a Theme in Life, It is a Theme in Art

Stories/FilmAction Film: Good guy always end up defeating the bad guy at the end = Familiar How he does it/when he does it = ContrastLove Story: Prince/Princess always live happily after =FamiliarHow they meet, what they overcome etc. = Contrast

Visual ArtThere are only so many subjects nature. Think of how many paintings of mountains there must be (endless) = FamiliarThere are also endless styles to paint them in = Contrast

Pointallism

Minimallism

Abstract Expressionism

Realism

Cubism

Impressionism

Whether it is Film, Stories, Visual art etc. - There will always be certain things in common (familiar) and certain differences (contrast)

The Question is , How are these two things (familiar/contrast) achieved

Example: In the visual art examples above, Familiarity is achieved by painting the same subject (Mountain), while the Contrast is achieved by painting in different Styles (cubism, realism, etc.)